Brava (song)

"Brava"
Single by Mina
LanguageItalian
B-side"E se domani" / "Più di te"
ReleasedMay 1965 (1965-05)
GenrePop
Length1:48
LabelRi-Fi
Songwriter(s)Bruno Canfora
Mina singles chronology
"Soli"
(1965) 		"Brava"
(1965) 		"L'ultima occasione"
(1965)

"Brava" is a song written by Bruno Canfora and performed by Italian singer Mina.[1] The song was first performed byMina on the air of the Studio Uno program in March 1965 and released as a single at the request of the audience. In May, "Brava" was released with the song "E se domani" on the back (but differs from the 1964 Mina album version).[2] In November of the same year, an additional edition was released, but the B-side was the song "Più di te (I Won't Tell)".[3] Despite the fact that the work was released on two singles, none of them received quantitative commercial success in the sales charts.

Critical reception

Claudio Milano of OndaRock [it] noted that the work, written by Maestro Bruno Canfora, is a pure exercise in style, although it is performed in an exemplary manner, both in composition for orchestra and in vocal interpretation, which, to put it mildly, is dizzying.[4]

Track listing

7" single[2]
A. "Brava" – 1:48
B. "E se domani" (Carlo Alberto Rossi, Giorgio Calabrese) – 3:04
7" single[3]
A. "Brava" – 1:48
B. "Più di te (I Won't Tell)" (Antonietta De Simone, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 2:47

References

  1. ^ Castaldo, Gino [in Italian], ed. (2003). Dizionario della Canzone Italiana (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 68. ISBN 978-88-97508-31-1.
  2. ^ a b Mina (1965). Brava / E se domani (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: Ri-Fi. RFN 16101. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b Mina (1965). Brava / Più di te (I Won't Tell) (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: Ri-Fi. RFN 16106. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ^ Milano, Claudio. "Mina: Sessant'anni di storia in una voce". OndaRock (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.